Print Packaging

With just 5μm, it is significantly thinner than a single hair, heat-resistant up to 500° C and so strong that with just a few strips you may lift a small car: Adhesive tapes are true superheroes and all-rounders. In their current campaign, tesa – the international manufacturer of innovative adhesive tapes and self-adhesive system solutions – has collected the most exciting facts and possible uses of tesa products, with amazing results.

From pharmaceuticals, alcohol and tobacco, to luxury goods, the problem of brand and product piracy affects manufacturers in almost every industry. To protect against counterfeiting, some producers use labels with integrated security features on their products. However, these can be cost-intensive and difficult to integrate into the manufacturing process. Now, G+D’s SIGN® authentication solution offers a secure, sustainable and cost-optimized alternative.

The bottle design development process at PepsiCo moves from paper to digital to 3D printed prototype to 3D printing the mold to produce functional prototypes (Source: PepsiCo)
PepsiCo could spend up to $10,000 to produce a single metal mold tool set depending on its complexity, according to Max Rodriguez, senior manager of global packaging R&D, advanced engineering and design, at PepsiCo’s research center.

New Innovations& Developments are happening day by day, and resources are coming into the market day by day to ease and make Product Development easier and to know-how before the launch of the product in terms of sensory appeal. 

Multicolor 3D Printing is a tool that can be very helpful at the time of Developing a New Product or Revamping the existing product to know how it looks ultimately. This tool opens a new step to trying out as many designs and ideas as we need to bring to the market.

Described as “disruptive for the powder-bed fusion technology market,” a new eco-friendly polymer for 3D printing developed by Jabil Inc. reportedly delivers “strength, chemical resistance, and resilience in comparison to general-purpose nylon materials such as PA 12.”